Posted on December 10th, 2008 by admin
Turn algae into fuel? You’ve seen it, the dirty green scum that grows in bodies of freshwater ponds. Anastasios Melis, a professor at University of California in Berkeley and his researchers’ created mutant algae that can produce hydrogen through photosynthesis. This hydrogen bio-fuel is clean, renewable and economically viable. Since algae grow best in high [...]
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Posted on June 1st, 2008 by admin
Here’s another company jumping into the ALGAE bandwagon. The company has $50 million invested from partners such as ARCH Venture and intend to produce 10,000 barrels per day in five years according to Wired. Each state should grow their own algae locally, so there wouldn’t be a need to import or transport any foreign oil, which should help reduce [...]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by admin
Just when you think the Internal Combustion Engine has reached its limit, in comes Raphial Morgado to put a new twist on the century old design. From dragster to inventor, Morgado set out to improve upon the performance of the ICE since he kept blowing up his racing engines. The result is an engine that [...]
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Posted on May 21st, 2008 by admin
As oil continue to sky rocket, people will look to alternatives, such as the Smart car or go with biofuels. I took a quick picture of this yellow Smart car driving by this morning. Seeing it for the first time in person makes me wonder how it’ll hold up in a collision. It’s a cute [...]
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Posted on May 20th, 2008 by admin
A new era of engine design is here. Out with the ICE and in with the CYCLONE. Inventor Harry Schoell of Cyclone Power Technologies developed a Green Evolution Engine that isn’t dependent on one specific fuel. His new engine can run on any fuel in liquid or gases form. You can use biomass, corn husks, [...]
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Posted on May 16th, 2008 by admin
Is it possible for a 5000 lbs. hunk of metal on wheels go from 0-60mph in 5 seconds? Can that same vehicle travel a distance of 60 miles on a gallon of gas? According to Johnathan Goodwin it definitely can, because he’s the person that did the conversion. This article from Fast Company by Clive [...]
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Posted on May 5th, 2008 by admin
I think ethanol is the wrong answer to our fuel needs. Farmers are switching from growing wheat to growing corn due to the government subsidies for an ethanol blended fuel. The affect is a shortage in wheat, look at the recent global price increases for rice/grains/wheat/corn. It also doesn’t help global warming if poor countries [...]
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Posted on May 5th, 2008 by admin
FREE fuel! Use waste vegetable oil from restaurants. If you own a diesel you can convert it to run on waste vegetable oil. It’s freely given away at your nearest restaurants because it costs the owners just to have the WVO removed from their premises. The people at Lovecraft Bio-Fuels can do the conversions for [...]
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